“Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.” - Helen Keller
Thanks are due to so many people who made this book possible. Thanks to Merle Green Tresser for proofing the copy and for her strategic thinking. Thanks to all the authors who have worked so hard to make Chicago a better place. Thanks to Benjamin Sugar, my partner in creating and operating the CivicLab – where the TIF Illumination Project flourished. Thanks to the Voqal Fund for their generous support in 2014 – they made the CivicLab a reality. Thanks to David Orlikoff, Kathryn Pensack and Steve Serikaku – the lead organizers of the February 2013 public forum that launched the TIF Illumination Project. Thanks to the Crossroads Fund and the Crary Family Legacy Fund for their support of the TIF Illumination Project. Thanks to the 47 organizations and their leaders that hosted TIF Illuminations across the city and nearby communities. Thanks to the thousands of folks who attended these meetings and spoke up, asked great questions and left charged with civic energy.
A special tip of the hat to the Crossroads Fund for their grant of $2,000 to support community education outreach efforts related to this book!
And – a HUGE thank you to the donors who invested their funds in our crowdfunding campaign (http://tinyurl.com/Chi-Not-Broke-Campaign). Here they are (as of July 18, 2016):
Anonymous [33 individuals]
Robert Anderson
Karl Androes
Joanne Archibald
Evelyn Asch
Rachel Avery
Kim Bailey
Brian Banks
Lisa Barcy
Terry Bergdall
Matt Bergstrom
Manuel Bermudez
Bill Bianchi
Scott Braam
Michael Brennan
Psalm Brown
Mark Buban
John Bumstead
William Burt
Vicki Capalbo
Judith Carey
Michael Carlson, Jr
Don Carne
Joseph Charles
Dan Cotter
Jennifer Coufal
Alice Dan
Jean Darling
Ken Davis
Steve De La Rosa
Albert Delgado
Richard Dees
Catherine Dewes
Michael Donley
Lawrence Dowling
Edward Dziedzic
Bryan Echols
Teresa Edline
Paul Escriva
Joe Ferguson
Ciju Francis
Todd Frantz
Elizabeth Fraser
Ellen Garza
Virginia Gibbons
Rochelle Gordon
Margaret Greenberg
Tom Gross
Nora Gruenberg
Jeff Gruenwald
Ivan Handler
Thomas Haneline
Matt Hoffmann
Jazmine Hogan-Donaldson
Anne Holcomb
Susan House
Cheryl Howard
Phil Huckelberry
Jaydee Hudson
Linda Hudson
Sharon Hurn
Adrienne Irmer
David Isaacson
Mark Jacobs
Joe Janes
Bettina Johnson
Terry Johnson
Kate Kasserman
David Kinnerk
Meloney Knighton
Bill Kreml
Joseph Kulys
Gregory Kruse
Tim Lacy
Dale Lehman
Benjamin Levenson
Joan Levin
Trinidad Liberto
Allan Lindrup
Katie Lindsey
Ed Linn
Mary Livoni
Ronda Locke
Pasqual Lopresti
Larry Lynn
Tim Magner
Dominick Maino
Christian Maderer
Bhaskar Manda
Carmilla Manzanet
Anthony Martinez
Catherine Martinez
Elizabeth Marino
Joan Mazzonellli
Myles McDarrah, Jr.
Beth McGarry
Christopher Medellin
Bert Menco
Joel Mendez
Mark Messing
Mark Messing
Christopher Mich
Robert Michaelson
John Mihelic
Alexandra Mistak
Mary Mohr
Joseph Moseley II
Melissa Mouritsen
April Nicholson
Robert O'Brien
Jeff Orcutt
Jose Ortega
Kathleen O'Shaughnessy
Tom Panelas
Tom Panelas
Bruce Parry
Forrest Perry
Seth Perry
David Philippart
Lisa Pickens
Shawna Pope
Marcus Powell
Kathy Powers
Kate Pravera
Daniel Preble
Andrea Price
Therese Quinn
Mark Rake
Xavier Ramey
Frank Rawland
Gregory Redfeairn
Robert Reid
Marlene Rivera
Holly Robinson
Erin Roeper
Nik Rokop
Don Rose
Deborah Rudnicki
Elaine Soloway
Ruth Santiago
Carol Senderowitz
Steven Serikaku
Steve Sewall
Adonnis Shaw
Jeremiah Sheehy
Gina Silva
Jesse Sinaiko
Vanessa Smith
Francisco Solis
Glory Southwind
Angela Spinazze
John Sostak
Michael Stanek
Leslie Starsoneck
Finn Swingley
Jean Teach
Andy Thayer
Carlos Torres
Marie Tyse
Fithawee Tzeggai
Bruce Underwood
Michael Underwood
Michael Wade
Eleanor Wallace
Fairinda West
David White
Maribeth Whitfield
Raymond Wohl
Wilson Work
Rose Zivat
Thanks are due to so many people who made this book possible. Thanks to Merle Green Tresser for proofing the copy and for her strategic thinking. Thanks to all the authors who have worked so hard to make Chicago a better place. Thanks to Benjamin Sugar, my partner in creating and operating the CivicLab – where the TIF Illumination Project flourished. Thanks to the Voqal Fund for their generous support in 2014 – they made the CivicLab a reality. Thanks to David Orlikoff, Kathryn Pensack and Steve Serikaku – the lead organizers of the February 2013 public forum that launched the TIF Illumination Project. Thanks to the Crossroads Fund and the Crary Family Legacy Fund for their support of the TIF Illumination Project. Thanks to the 47 organizations and their leaders that hosted TIF Illuminations across the city and nearby communities. Thanks to the thousands of folks who attended these meetings and spoke up, asked great questions and left charged with civic energy.
A special tip of the hat to the Crossroads Fund for their grant of $2,000 to support community education outreach efforts related to this book!
And – a HUGE thank you to the donors who invested their funds in our crowdfunding campaign (http://tinyurl.com/Chi-Not-Broke-Campaign). Here they are (as of July 18, 2016):
Anonymous [33 individuals]
Robert Anderson
Karl Androes
Joanne Archibald
Evelyn Asch
Rachel Avery
Kim Bailey
Brian Banks
Lisa Barcy
Terry Bergdall
Matt Bergstrom
Manuel Bermudez
Bill Bianchi
Scott Braam
Michael Brennan
Psalm Brown
Mark Buban
John Bumstead
William Burt
Vicki Capalbo
Judith Carey
Michael Carlson, Jr
Don Carne
Joseph Charles
Dan Cotter
Jennifer Coufal
Alice Dan
Jean Darling
Ken Davis
Steve De La Rosa
Albert Delgado
Richard Dees
Catherine Dewes
Michael Donley
Lawrence Dowling
Edward Dziedzic
Bryan Echols
Teresa Edline
Paul Escriva
Joe Ferguson
Ciju Francis
Todd Frantz
Elizabeth Fraser
Ellen Garza
Virginia Gibbons
Rochelle Gordon
Margaret Greenberg
Tom Gross
Nora Gruenberg
Jeff Gruenwald
Ivan Handler
Thomas Haneline
Matt Hoffmann
Jazmine Hogan-Donaldson
Anne Holcomb
Susan House
Cheryl Howard
Phil Huckelberry
Jaydee Hudson
Linda Hudson
Sharon Hurn
Adrienne Irmer
David Isaacson
Mark Jacobs
Joe Janes
Bettina Johnson
Terry Johnson
Kate Kasserman
David Kinnerk
Meloney Knighton
Bill Kreml
Joseph Kulys
Gregory Kruse
Tim Lacy
Dale Lehman
Benjamin Levenson
Joan Levin
Trinidad Liberto
Allan Lindrup
Katie Lindsey
Ed Linn
Mary Livoni
Ronda Locke
Pasqual Lopresti
Larry Lynn
Tim Magner
Dominick Maino
Christian Maderer
Bhaskar Manda
Carmilla Manzanet
Anthony Martinez
Catherine Martinez
Elizabeth Marino
Joan Mazzonellli
Myles McDarrah, Jr.
Beth McGarry
Christopher Medellin
Bert Menco
Joel Mendez
Mark Messing
Mark Messing
Christopher Mich
Robert Michaelson
John Mihelic
Alexandra Mistak
Mary Mohr
Joseph Moseley II
Melissa Mouritsen
April Nicholson
Robert O'Brien
Jeff Orcutt
Jose Ortega
Kathleen O'Shaughnessy
Tom Panelas
Tom Panelas
Bruce Parry
Forrest Perry
Seth Perry
David Philippart
Lisa Pickens
Shawna Pope
Marcus Powell
Kathy Powers
Kate Pravera
Daniel Preble
Andrea Price
Therese Quinn
Mark Rake
Xavier Ramey
Frank Rawland
Gregory Redfeairn
Robert Reid
Marlene Rivera
Holly Robinson
Erin Roeper
Nik Rokop
Don Rose
Deborah Rudnicki
Elaine Soloway
Ruth Santiago
Carol Senderowitz
Steven Serikaku
Steve Sewall
Adonnis Shaw
Jeremiah Sheehy
Gina Silva
Jesse Sinaiko
Vanessa Smith
Francisco Solis
Glory Southwind
Angela Spinazze
John Sostak
Michael Stanek
Leslie Starsoneck
Finn Swingley
Jean Teach
Andy Thayer
Carlos Torres
Marie Tyse
Fithawee Tzeggai
Bruce Underwood
Michael Underwood
Michael Wade
Eleanor Wallace
Fairinda West
David White
Maribeth Whitfield
Raymond Wohl
Wilson Work
Rose Zivat